Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	0	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	12	11
Energy(?)	1680	1533	65	503	373	370	225	178	254	1031	1264	1276	593	881	942	1370	972	104	700	42	575	372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:29PM 3.06	3:07AM 2.81		3:32PM 2.72			4:31PM 2.45		5:43AM 2.84	6:09PM 2.43		7:00AM 2.56		7:37PM 2.51	8:07AM 2.65		8:44PM 3.06	9:27AM 2.85		9:37PM 3.22	10:21AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)			9:00PM 0.40	9:28AM 0.59		9:59PM 0.60	10:28AM 0.72		11:41PM 1.18	12:02PM 1.17		12:34AM 0.78		1:22PM 0.78	1:51AM 0.66		2:35PM 0.85	3:00AM 0.74		3:30PM 0.39	3:49AM 0.52	4:19AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	14	19	19	18	20	21	18	19	21	18	18	18	16	18	21	16	18	18	13	14
Low °C	16	17	13	17	18	17	19	20	16	18	19	16	17	18	15	18	19	14	16	16	11	13
Chill °C (?)	18	18	13	19	19	18	20	21	18	19	21	18	18	18	15	18	21	16	17	17	10	12
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	8:14	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	0.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	7	7	12	11	6	9	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	6	9	9	12	16	20	9	16	16	-	-	21	6	6	5	16	-	3	15	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	5	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Monday 23					Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	18	18	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1286	1041	1279	1097	987	1085	798	772	362	419	310	591	607	533	715	554	380	568	692	1469	1185	313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:36PM 2.94				2:58AM 2.74				3:30PM 2.72									4:42PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)	8:33AM 0.69				9:01PM 0.40								9:59PM 0.60					10:36AM 1.09				10:56PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	18	17	15	14	12	13	17	19	18	18	17	17	18	15	18	19	21	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	18	17	14	14	12	13	16	19	18	18	17	17	18	15	18	19	21	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	20	12	11	7	11	9	18	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	5	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	16	16	20	20	11	18	18	9	13	9	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 NNE	0.7 N	0.5 N	-	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	12	5	7	7	2	7	3	4	4	-	8

	Monday 23	Tuesday 24
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6
Energy(?)	1450	1309	1680	1475	1453	1801	1523	1523	102	838	1114	1429	1406	1062	987	940	629	619	650	987	530	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:28PM 2.85	3:09PM 2.63												3:05AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)		8:28AM 0.60												9:00PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	16	16	16	18	22	21	18	18	18	17	16	15	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	16	16	16	18	22	21	18	18	18	17	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	11
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	1.6 W
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6